The Innocent

By: Harlan Coben

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

Some mistakes can change your life forever. For Matt Hunter, that mistake came in one terrible moment when his attempt to help a friend and stop a fight resulted in an accidental death. Matt was convicted of manslaughter and sent to prison. Time that his peers spent in college, Matt endured behind bars.

Now, nine years after his release from prison, his innocence long forgotten, he's an ex-con who takes nothing for granted. With his wife Olivia pregnant, and the two of them closing on a house in his hometown, things are looking up. Until the day Matt gets a shocking, inexplicable video call from Olivia's phone. And in an instant, the unraveling begins.

A mysterious man who begins tailing Matt turns up dead. A beloved nun is murdered. And local and federal authorities, including homicide investigator Loren Muse, a childhood schoolmate of Matt's with a troubled past of her own, see all signs pointing to a former criminal with one murder already under his belt...Matt Hunter. Unwilling to lose everything for a second time, Matt and Olivia are forced outside the law in a desperate attempt to save their future together.

An electrifying thrill ride of a novel that peeks behind the white picket fences of suburbia, The Innocent is at once a twisting, turning, emotionally-charged story and a compelling tale of the choices we make and the repercussions that never leave us.

©2005 Harlan Coben (P)2005 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"What Coben does best is take readers into his characters’ hearts and minds. His protagonists are just common folks, minding their own business when - bam! - they are drawn into a terrifying world of sordid crimes and mayhem.” (USA Today)

“Modern suburbia unravels in this latest puzzler from Coben...Don’t make the mistake of not reading it!” (Library Journal)

"Jaw-dropping plot twists...Fans of rose-tinted nightmares [will] gasp their way through Matt’s free fall, scared and happy as kids on a roller coaster.” (Kirkus Reviews)

Great book

This story was another great one by Harlan Coben. Kept my attention and was good. Scott Brick did a good job narrating it as well.
I highly recommend this book.

Good read

I always love Harlan Coben books and Scott Brick is one of the best readers out there. You can’t go wrong with this one!

A little slow to get into

Overall good. Took me awhile to get into it but then compelling enough. Wrapped up almost too neatly.

Plot

Like the character. Lauren Muze and how she figured things out. Kimmy was not a surprise. Thanks

the story

this narrator and the story are excellent I would recommend it to anyone, l appreciate the forgiveness and reconciliation in this book. more books ike hiscare needed.

Exciting!

This is the 2nd book I have come across from this author. I physically read "Just One Look". I have never read a book before that kept me so on the edge. Until this one.
This story starts out interesting and just keeps getting better and better. I like reaching parts of suspense, but I get dismayed about how some authors keep them going too long. If an author can't get their timing right, it loses the magic. This author has great timing and the situations that are causing the suspense are not ridiculously added to this story just for that purpose.
I am almost finished listening to this story, but I wanted to make sure that there was a review written for this book. I just want to keep listening to it. I don't want to turn the story off. I want to sit in my car after I get home and keep listening. I am extremely impressed with this author. I promise you won't be disappointed.

Elsa

I too thought this was quite a convoluted story with no depth to the characters. How many enemies can you have? For how many reasons? Then the ending was too neatly packaged together.

Fantastic

This book kept me riveted to my Otis device. It is without a doubt the best that I have listened to in the over 50 books I have listened to this year. Scott Brick is great. This plot kept me quessing all the way.

Harlan Coben lives up to his fine reputation

Great story with plenty of twists that turn up the tension. Interesting characters who make you question their apparent motivations. And terrific narration by Scott Brick. This Audible offering is truly a great package.

Solid book but nothing special

This book reminds a lot of John Grisham and his law/mystery books. Some fun twists but in the end just an average book.